Loading ...I know how they operated and how they destroyed their own suppliers .Predators……..
I made children’s quilted robes for them and made tens of thousands of them..
Sears wanted to control every aspect of the manufacturing process. They told you how many stitches per inch (12) ,they told you two elastic measurements ..one stretched,one relaxed .They required you sew their label on the garment without paying you the labor cost to do it.
when finished they required you to package it in bundles of 3 colors together so they wouldent have to sort in the store. They required you to deliver close to the Holiday season so they couldent be billed to far from the sales time to reduce their capital needs.Then each year they assess how much of your production they took .If it was 30 % they offered to take 50 % of your production (give you more business) until you became dependent on them to keep your factory going .Then they started to dictate prices until you became a wholly dependent on them..for everything.Predators on their own suppliers….WE refused more business and told them to get out..You will not own us..! All the time their Buyers rode around in Cadillac Limousines inspecting the Factory to see where they could get to cut out 2 cents a doz from you… They deserved what they GOT……
Their biggest mistake was controlling the manufacturing process ,it could only be done where fashion didnt change .They were to bureaucratic with too many instructions for everything .It became impossible to keep up with changing style in the clothing business. and as such lost SALES to more nimble sales oriented companies that could keep coming up with the Latest styles instead of trying to control the manufacturing process.
They would have succeeded in Russia or China where everybody wore a Mao Jacket…..or manufactured one style of CAR…for 20 years like the LADA..in Russia ….